COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Ben Sheeks
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 854
Item Description:
Sheeks, Ben - Biographical information for Benjamin Alston "Ben" Sheeks; "'Ben' Sheeks Regretted Suffrage Opposition", Wyoming Stockman-Farmer, Sep. 1939, p. 10
Date:
Undated
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born: Jun. 13, 1889, in Nebraska
Notes:
Sheeks, Mrs. Estella (wife, born: 1883 - married: ? - died: 1983 (age: 99-100 - buried: Pines Cemetery at Spokane, Wash.)
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children: Denton Richard E.
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died: Mar. 26, 1969 (age: 79) in Spokane Co. (Wash.)
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buried: Pines Cemetery (Plot: Block 23, Addition: 3rd - Memorial ID: 116593003) at Spokane (Spokane Co., Wash.)
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subject's aggressive opposition to passage of Suffrage Act (Dec. 10, 1869)
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lawyer (near Atlantic City (Wyo.)
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Salt Lake City (Utah)
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Judge
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subject now advocates and voted for woman's suffrage (Montesano, Wash. - Oct. 14, 1919 )
Type:
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